The potential one shot Leukemia cure that almost never happened.

By , on 11 August, 2011
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There’s a new experimental cure for the most common form of Leukemia that has scientists stunned at how successful it is with only a single injection. And it almost never came about due to lack of funding:

Doctors had told Bill Ludwig, one of the research volunteers, that he would die from his leukemia within . . . → Read More: The potential one shot Leukemia cure that almost never happened.

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New research suggests artificial sweeteners no help in battle against obesity.

By , on 29 June, 2011

Well this just fucking sucks:

Epidemiologists from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio reported data showing that diet soft drink consumption is associated with increased waist circumference in humans, and a second study that found aspartame raised fasting glucose (blood sugar) in diabetes-prone mice.

“Data from this . . . → Read More: New research suggests artificial sweeteners no help in battle against obesity.

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It has come to this: Man robs bank of $1 to get medical care in jail.

By , on 21 June, 2011
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What do you do when you’re jobless and homeless with a host of medical problems none of which justify a visit to an emergency room? Well, they provide free medical care in jail.

That’s the solution James Verone of North Carolina came up with so he walked into a local bank and handed the teller a . . . → Read More: It has come to this: Man robs bank of $1 to get medical care in jail.

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Just face it: The Universe is out to kill you.

By , on 27 April, 2011
Sometimes this is all it takes.

Sometimes this is all it takes.

I love my doctor because she’s willing to just lay the truth out for me without beating around the bush. I had to see her on Monday for a checkup because the folks at Blue Care Network, the medical insurance company Anne gets through her job, have decided . . . → Read More: Just face it: The Universe is out to kill you.

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Potential new circumcision recommendations have ‘intactivists’ all hot and bothered.

By , on 20 February, 2011
Pic of circumcised banana.

It's like this. Except with your dick.

To circumcise or not to circumcise, that is the question pondered for thousands of years by new parents of baby boys. For most of that time the decision was usually pretty simple: Are you Jewish or Muslim? If so then you remove the skin-hoodie. If not, God . . . → Read More: Potential new circumcision recommendations have ‘intactivists’ all hot and bothered.

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New study determines that abortions don’t cause mental health issues.

By , on 27 January, 2011

One of the arguments put forth by anti-abortion advocates is that it causes major mental health problems for the woman who has one, but a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine says that’s not the case at all:

“This is an extremely, extremely well done study,” he said. “There is no . . . → Read More: New study determines that abortions don’t cause mental health issues.

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hCG spammers descend on SEB in less than 24 hours.

By , on 26 January, 2011
Pic of homeopathy poster.

It's an obvious implication of the theory, but no one mentions it.

As if to drive home the point of how profitable the hCG diet supplement scam is, it took less than 24 hours from the time that I posted that entry to the arrival of a spammer trying to submit entries promoting that . . . → Read More: hCG spammers descend on SEB in less than 24 hours.

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FDA says hCG weight-loss products are nothing but bullshit.

By , on 25 January, 2011
Pic of bottles of HCG.

You wanna lose weight? Try eating less and exercising more.

Well, not literally bullshit, but bullshit as in they-don’t-do-what-they-claim-to-do. I know, I know. A diet program that doesn’t work? That’s unpossible!

HCG weight-loss products are fraudulent, FDA says – USATODAY.com

HCG weight-loss products that promise dramatic results and claim to be homeopathic are sold . . . → Read More: FDA says hCG weight-loss products are nothing but bullshit.

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Good news in the U.K. as doctors vote to drop homeopathy funding from the NHS.

By , on 1 July, 2010

The advocates of woo-woo in the U.K. have had a bit of a setback:

In all the furore over cuts to the NHS, doctors have voted to stop one service all by themselves – and unlike what is expected to follow, this is something we should all celebrate. The British Medical Association (BMA) has voted . . . → Read More: Good news in the U.K. as doctors vote to drop homeopathy funding from the NHS.

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Daniel Hauser’s father now has leukemia.

By , on 21 May, 2010

Remember Daniel Hauser, the (at the time) 13-year-old illiterate kid out of Minnesota who was ordered by the court to get chemotherapy to treat his cancer over the protests of his alt-med preferring parents? His mother took off with him rather than follow through on the court order, but after a few days they eventually showed up . . . → Read More: Daniel Hauser’s father now has leukemia.

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